Legal guides
Practical guides to Dutch law, arranged by area of law: from employment and corporate law to family law, immigration, criminal law and real estate. Written by the lawyers of Law & More in Eindhoven and Amsterdam.
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Copying general terms and conditions: the legal risks in the Netherlands
Copying another company’s general terms and conditions (algemene voorwaarden) is risky under Dutch law on three separate grounds: copyright, unlawful act and the validity of the terms themselves. The exception is short standard phrasing, which is too generic for copyright
A Dutch criminal case reaches the court through a summons (dagvaarding) from the public prosecutor,
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If you are divorcing in the Netherlands and have children under 18, you must file
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Dutch child maintenance (kinderalimentatie) is calculated in two steps: first what the child needs, based
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If you are not married to or in a registered partnership with the mother, you
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A Woo request (Woo-verzoek) is a request under the Dutch Open Government Act (Wet open
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If a Dutch authority finds that your company or property breaches a permit, a planning
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An administrative fine (bestuurlijke boete) is a sum of money a Dutch regulator imposes as
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Software escrow protects you if your software supplier goes bankrupt or stops maintaining its product:
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Under Dutch law you may, as a rule, break off negotiations without paying anything. Liability
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